New Device Deals with Medication Adherence Issues

TabSafe introduces a device designed to securely store and dispense all the medication prescribed for a patient and the times scheduled for the medication. Caregivers can check on prescriptions, refill prescriptions and view all the metrics about the patient for that day through a website.

Amid all the glitter of the high tech products being shown at CES this
week, TabSafe is quietly promoting its new health IT product: a
medication management system. The device is programmed to monitor and
distribute needed medications, reducing the chance of an overdose.
The device is Web-accessible so family, caregivers and medical personnel have access to a
patient's activities through a regularly updated Website. Caregivers can check on prescriptions, refill prescriptions and view
all the metrics about the patient for that day.

"Medication mismanagement is costly, dangerous and deadly. In my 30
years as an emergency physician, I've seen thousands of people admitted
to the hospital and put into assisted living because they couldn't
manage their medications," TabSafe CEO Stephen L. Axelrod said in a statement. "We want to keep people safer, at home longer,
and living more independently while giving families peace of mind and
saving them money at the same time."

According to the Indianapolis-based TabSafe, incorrect usage of
medications accounts for 10 percent of all hospital admissions and more than 23 percent of
all new resident admissions to assisted living, independent care,
nursing home and skilled nursing facilities are a direct result of not
being able to take medication properly.
The TabSafe device securely stores and dispenses all the medication
prescribed for a patient and the times scheduled for the medication.
TabSafe field-tested devices have successfully delivered more than 10
million pills over the last six years for residents in assisted living
communities.
"TabSafe provides significant benefits throughout the medication
process. But unquestionably, the most important single benefit it
creates is greater independence," Axelrod said. "We want to help keep people at home
longer so they can have a higher quality of life and save their families
the expense of putting someone into assisted living."